when we find
steep love
reaching and searching
for some deep home
wanting to keep the key
to some closed heart
when caged love
secretly decides
to surrender rage
but still stays
a testy gauge
tucked between the killing pages
of some flesh and bones tome
seeking and testily finding
true love is a breast
most often existing alone
arresting soulful love poems
dashingly written
crashing to make us weep and cry
such passion mocks and thrills us
still we don't know why
having to pretend and try
surprised by friendless love
surmising dry commitment
realizing contentious stars will fall
while crazy love continues
appraise each rising sun
burning with blaze and shine
even if relentless love
decides to leave us
freeze us to a spiral vine
bind us to an immobilizing viral spot
winding up in our deepest fears
contrived by some cold and loveless plot
where all those juicy feelings
aloof joy and loveless years
both hot and cold
chose not to abandon us
come judgement day
making us close our foolish eyes
those storied rivers of salty tears
stream past those assorted lies
dreams washed and carried away
removing love's impassioned disguise
finally when we actually realize
scratched love lied
made us fairy-tale fantasize
lacking real compromise
no reprieve for wounded hearts
lying bleeding and broken
fleeting love
only leaving
after cheating
some spartan token
so close your grieving eyes
all love's sordid emotion
won't and can't forgive
those wounding ties
marking us
scars and sighing
leaving us bleeding and crying
but still we need love
pray and plead for romance
that shining moon and stars above
still write love songs
dancing in all that glory
all those riches in the world
feeding hearts with intrepid love
though true hate will never fully die
while the yearning world continues
combustion with that burning passion
such is that love born ration
flames of marvel and generous joy
hearts stoked with need
stroked by love and love's reaction
ignition for every craving girl
fuel for every craving boy

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